{"id":10710,"date":"2017-01-04T08:46:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=10710"},"modified":"2017-09-15T14:31:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T21:31:10","slug":"weekend-project-adventure-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/weekend-project-adventure-year","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Project \u2013 Adventure Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, 2016. It was the year the Internet declared everything went wrong, the year Merriam-Webster named \u201csurreal\u201d their summarizing word, the year that, honestly, became its own meme.<\/p>\n

But, despite the nay-sayers, 2016 was full of magic too. This was the year when the Dawn Wall<\/a> fell again in shocking record time, the year when #OptOutside<\/a> brought millions of people together in the outdoors and the year when more people than ever before visited our national parks. We can all agree that 2016 had a plethora of beautiful moments.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, last week we asked you to post your favorite adventure pictures from the year on Instagram, tagging #OptOutside. You stepped up to the challenge, showing us just how much outdoor joy you found in 2016, plus your plans for getting outside in the new year.<\/p>\n

Together we can make 2017 the best year yet\u2014especially in our favorite wild places. But for now, we\u2019ll take a look back on the spectacular year of adventure we just left behind:<\/p>\n

\"person<\/p>\n

Photo by @photoswithfern<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"family<\/p>\n

Photo by @thegreennomads<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"two<\/p>\n

Photo by @krahman86<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

Photo by @samanthajonez<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"woman<\/p>\n

Photo by @kathybach3<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"person<\/p>\n

Photo by @not_a_superhero_teacher<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"two<\/p>\n

Photo by @yenners<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"a<\/p>\n

Photo by @classroomworldwide<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"man<\/p>\n

Photo by @davi_mcd<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"log<\/p>\n

Photo by @emur27<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"picture<\/p>\n

Photo by @rachel_sonego<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow us on Instagram<\/a> to catch the next Weekend Project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh, 2016. It was the year the Internet declared everything went wrong, the year Merriam-Webster named \u201csurreal\u201d their summarizing word, the year that, honestly, became its own meme. But, despite the nay-sayers, 2016 was full of magic too. This was the year when the Dawn Wall fell again in shocking record time, the year when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[104,320,189],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-10710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social","tag-instagram","tag-social","tag-weekend-project"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/social\/weekend-project-adventure-year","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weekend Project \u2013 Adventure Year","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/weekend-project-adventure-year","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/weekend-project-adventure-year"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/Blog-instagram-1500x100x264ppi-21.png?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/Blog-instagram-1500x100x264ppi-21.png?fit=1500%2C1000"},"articleSection":"Social","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Angela Crampton"}],"creator":["Angela Crampton"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["instagram","social","weekend project"],"dateCreated":"2017-01-04T16:46:37Z","datePublished":"2017-01-04T16:46:37Z","dateModified":"2017-09-15T21:31:10Z"},"rendered":"